When will something finally happen?Year after year, Philips Hue releases numerous new light sources and various accessories. Only the centrepiece has not been touched for almost 8 years now: The Philips Hue Bridge. And that is exactly what is becoming a problem for more and more users.“The Hue Bridge is the control centre of the smart Philips Hue lighting system. With it, you can add and control up to 50 lights and accessories,” it says on the product page. The fact that the actual limit is 63 lights and a number somewhere between 10 and 20 accessory products doesn’t really make things any...…When will something finally happen?Year after year, Philips Hue releases numerous new light sources and various accessories. Only the centrepiece has not been touched for almost 8 years now: The Philips Hue Bridge. And that is exactly what is becoming a problem for more and more users.“The Hue Bridge is the control centre of the smart Philips Hue lighting system. With it, you can add and control up to 50 lights and accessories,” it says on the product page. The fact that the actual limit is 63 lights and a number somewhere between 10 and 20 accessory products doesn’t really make things any...WW…

Not usable so farIt is now more than a month since Philips Hue announced on 10 March within its in-house app that you can now manage access to your luminaires. Member management was activated. But this new function has no real function so far.In the settings for the respective home, you can find the corresponding area for management, but there is no indication of how you can add a new member. An invitation link, for example, as is standard in other smart home systems, cannot be sent from the Hue app.Currently, the status is as follows: If you are connected with a “foreign” account to the...…Not usable so farIt is now more than a month since Philips Hue announced on 10 March within its in-house app that you can now manage access to your luminaires. Member management was activated. But this new function has no real function so far.In the settings for the respective home, you can find the corresponding area for management, but there is no indication of how you can add a new member. An invitation link, for example, as is standard in other smart home systems, cannot be sent from the Hue app.Currently, the status is as follows: If you are connected with a “foreign” account to the...WW…

Equipped with a Hue Smart PlugHueblog reader Marius sent me some photos of his latest DIY project over the weekend and I was definitely impressed. Today I would like to present you his LED Christmas tree and get your creative vein going a little bit. Until Christmas Eve there is still a little time to be creative yourself.Planed wooden slats measuring 24 x 44 millimetres serve as the basis for the Christmas Tree project. Marius then explains his handicraft work as follows:I milled a groove into the wooden slats, 12 millimetres wide and about 10 millimetres deep. Of course, the width of the...…Equipped with a Hue Smart PlugHueblog reader Marius sent me some photos of his latest DIY project over the weekend and I was definitely impressed. Today I would like to present you his LED Christmas tree and get your creative vein going a little bit. Until Christmas Eve there is still a little time to be creative yourself.Planed wooden slats measuring 24 x 44 millimetres serve as the basis for the Christmas Tree project. Marius then explains his handicraft work as follows:I milled a groove into the wooden slats, 12 millimetres wide and about 10 millimetres deep. Of course, the width of the...WW…

Customer support reports on new modelUsually, I’m rather reserved about statements coming from customer support. Still, the story Hueblog reader Jakob told me a few weeks ago is highly interesting. So let’s take a look back and also forward.You might have the topic in mind: the new generation of the GU10 White and Color Ambiance by Philips Hue had a third new feature besides Perfect Fit and Richer Colors: a pretty annoying sound. This occurred with a relatively high number of units in switched-off state, i.e. with the power on and a dimming status of 0 percent.In mid-May, Philips Hue...…Customer support reports on new modelUsually, I’m rather reserved about statements coming from customer support. Still, the story Hueblog reader Jakob told me a few weeks ago is highly interesting. So let’s take a look back and also forward.You might have the topic in mind: the new generation of the GU10 White and Color Ambiance by Philips Hue had a third new feature besides Perfect Fit and Richer Colors: a pretty annoying sound. This occurred with a relatively high number of units in switched-off state, i.e. with the power on and a dimming status of 0 percent.In mid-May, Philips Hue...WW…

Pre-order for 34.95 eurosLast week, we talked about the upcoming Philips Hue White. An E27 lamp in the classic Hue form factor and able to produce up to 1,600 lumens of brightness – unfortunately only with a fixed colour temperature of 2,700 Kelvin.Now Müller-Licht has presented a new lamp under the umbrella of its Tint brand. It offers a similarly high brightness with up to 1,520 lumens but at the same time does not dispense with different white tones and colours.In addition to 16 million colours, white tones ranging from warm white light (1800K) to activating daylight (6500K) are also...…Pre-order for 34.95 eurosLast week, we talked about the upcoming Philips Hue White. An E27 lamp in the classic Hue form factor and able to produce up to 1,600 lumens of brightness – unfortunately only with a fixed colour temperature of 2,700 Kelvin.Now Müller-Licht has presented a new lamp under the umbrella of its Tint brand. It offers a similarly high brightness with up to 1,520 lumens but at the same time does not dispense with different white tones and colours.In addition to 16 million colours, white tones ranging from warm white light (1800K) to activating daylight (6500K) are also...WW…